As of: February 28, 2024, 12:10 p.m
By: Felix Durach
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The funeral of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is scheduled to take place in Moscow on Friday.
Navalny's spokeswoman confirmed this in a post on X.
Frankfurt – Exactly two weeks after his death in the Siberian penal colony “Polarwolf”, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny is to be buried in Moscow on Friday.
Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh announced on Wednesday (February 28) that the funeral would take place on March 1 at the Borisov Cemetery in the Russian capital Moscow.
Alexei Navalny is scheduled to be buried in Moscow on Friday.
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A funeral service for Alexei Navalny was previously planned at around 2 p.m. local time in a church in the Maryino district of Moscow.
The Kremlin critic's supporters had been looking for a place for the funeral service for days and complained that they were being hindered by the Russian authorities.
Funeral of Alexei Navalny in Russia: On Friday in Moscow – protests expected
Navalny's body was initially kept under lock and key by the Russian authorities after his death in the prison camp.
His mother Lyudmila Navalnaya therefore had to search for the body in the polar region together with a lawyer.
Navalnaya also complained that she was harassed by investigators and blackmailed into agreeing to a secret burial.
But she didn't do that - instead she publicly demanded that relatives and supporters should have the opportunity to say goodbye to her son.
However, as expected, the search has been difficult in the past few days.
Shortly before the upcoming election in Russia on March 17th, any major critical events are a thorn in the side of the Kremlin.
Hundreds of people were recently arrested while laying flowers for Navalny.
There are also likely to be larger protests at the funeral.
“Come early,” Navalny’s team wrote in a post on X, citing the impending rush.
(fd with dpa)